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ALOIS GANS, 0F' LINCOLN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'lO HIMSELF AND JOHN e MOOS, OF SAME'ILAOE. 1

Leam Panni No. 66,700, daad July 16, 1867..

IMPROVBD BRICK MACHINE.

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Be it known that I, ALOIS GANS, of Lincoln, in the icounty of Logan, and State of Illinois, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Brick Machines; `and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and 4clear description `thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marl' edr thereon.

The nature of this inventionl consists in an arrangement of moulds, actuated in a reciprocating manner, in .a horizontal plane, and in combination with a pug or other clay-mill, from which `the tempered clay is forced into the said moulds, and also in combination with a, press for reducing the bulk'of the clay in the moulds to the proper size, form, and consistency, the whole being combined and arranged with the operating parts of the machinery in such a manner as to form one single perfect machine.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved brick machine, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a plan of the improved machine.

Figure 24'isi a side elevation of it.

Figure 3 is a front elevation. i

Figure thisV a plan of the moulds and of the sliding carriage on which they rest.

Figure 5 is a bottom plan of the machine, showing the device for operating the sliding carriage on which the moulds rest.

' `A is the'foundation framework upon which the other portions of the machine rest. On topof this frame, and in the central portion ofit, is erected a hopper, A', which forms a portion. of the pug or other temperingmill, and in fig. 1 are seen the knife-bladesa by means of which the clay is mixed to the proper consistency to be forced down into the moulds B Bl. The said blades a are attached to and are radiated from a central vertical shaft, co-axial with the hopper A. As this machine is intended to be principally operated by means of horse-power, the tcp endof the said vertical shaft may be provided with a lever-head, al, into which the-lever may be inserted. A vertical shaft, C, having its bearings c c attached to the sides 'ofthe hopper A1,. receives its motion from its cam-head C1, and this cam-head is actuated by an arm, a2, extending outwardly from the aforesaid vertical shaft. At every revolution of the arm a2 it strikes both the side el and c2 of the, said cam, and thus communica-tes to the said cam a kind of oscillating movement, which, communicated. to the shaft C, gives it a rocking motion. To the bottom end of the shaft C is attached a horizontal arm, C2, and a slot in-the forwardrend of this arm embraces a pin protruding from the face of the opposite lever O3, the latter lever being pivoted at c3 to the frame A; and having its other end coupled, by means of the connecting-rod' c4, with the sliding carriage BZ, on which the moulds B B1 rest. The whole of these last-described devicesV are clearly shown in iig. 5. At each oscillation of the shaft C the carriage B2 is driven backward and forward, under the pug-mill A1, and there the moulds are illed with clay from the mill at each revolution. That part of the carriage B2 between the two moulds is to be filled up with wood or other material to the exact thickness of the moulds, so as to conne the clay elther to the hopper or to the moulds. The frames D D at each end of the machine furnish bearings for certain devices for pressing the bricks, and for Aforcing them out ofthe moulds, the construction of which parts is as follows: There are two rock-shafts al d at each end of thelmachine,

which iind their hearings in the. frames D D, aud short horizontal arms all, alh'xed to the said shafts, are conI nected by means of the follower-rods d2 with the plungers D that press the clay down into the moulds so as toform the bricks perfectly. The plungers are to be arranged in sets, so as to fit perfectly into the separate moulds. The rock-shafts areactuated by the leversrd, the upper ends of which are connected by means of the connecting-links d* with the vertical rock-shafts d5, the latter shafts having theirbearings aixed to the sides of the hopper'Al. The links dIl are attached to arms projecting from the bottom ends of the shafts d5, similar to the arms that project from the shafts d, and there are short arms, d5, atlix-ed to the top ends of the shafts d5, in such positions'as to be struck by a pin (not shown) projecting from the bottom of the 'arm a2 at cach revolution of the said arm. The plungers D then are forced down on the clay within the moulds `by means of the arm a2, the said arm acting upon the said plungers at regular and stated intervals at each revolution of the machine, and transmitting the required motion thereto through the medium of the shafts el and cl3., the links d4, the

follower-rods d2 and the levers d3. After the pressure has been completed the parts are restored to their norml condition by the action vof the spring al74 aHixed-to the hopper Al, and acting upon the arm at the bottom-of the shaft d5. This pressing machinery will be most readily understood by. reference to the enlarged detail drawing of it After thepressinfg` shall have been completed the moulds are to be raised up on the plungers by means ofthe clutches E E; so as to force the rbricks through and out at the bottoms of the moulds, or rather the moulds are raised up o" of' the bricks which are left lying on the table, whence they may be removed by the attendant. The clutches E E are-affixed to the rock-shafts e @that nd their bearings in the frames D D, the said rock-shafts being actuated by the levers el, links e2, rock-shafts c3, horizontal arms e, und the arm ai, in the same manner as has already been described for the operation of the shafts d.

Having described myinvention, what I claim is U 1.. The hopper A,'the moulds B BAund the carriage B2, when combined with the actuating derices a2, C, Cl C2, and C3? substantialiy as described und set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of the plungers D1 and the moulds B B, as described and shown.

3. The plungers D', when arranged as described, in combination with the operating device @21d d1 cl2 d3 ci. di d (Z7.

4. I claim the clutches lE, in combination with the moulds B B, as and for'the purpose describedpand shown.

5. I claim the clutches E, when arranged asdescribed, in combination with the operating devices 'az c e1 ez c3 e4.

In testimony of which invention I Vhereunto setAmy hand and seal in presence ofv ALoIs" GANs. [SEAL] Witnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, t Guo. P. HERTHELfJr. 

